HOMO SAPIENS MOLECULAR NOSOLOGY - SPECIAL SENSE ORGANS
(see also diseases of the nervous system and muscles, pain and physiology of sense organs)

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  • Hoffmann's phenomenon : increased excitability to electrical stimulation in the sensory nerves; the ulnar nerve is usually tested
  • break-off phenomenon : a state of disconnectedness or unreality experienced by high-altitude pilots. Its symptomatic sensations are apparently indescribable in understandable physical terms, but the condition could be the result of a loss of all the physical sense perceptions.